Olympic Games
Athletes from many nations compete. This topic is part of Olympics within Sports. This page currently draws on 35 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Olympic Games trivia questions
The Olympic Games are an international competition in what?
Answer: Sports
Bonus fact: Athletes from many nations compete.
The modern Olympic Games were revived in 1896 in which city?
Answer: Athens
Bonus fact: The first modern Olympics were held in Greece.
Who founded the International Olympic Committee and championed revival of the modern Games?
Answer: Pierre de Coubertin
Bonus fact: Coubertin helped organize the modern Olympic movement.
In the ancient Olympic Games, athletes competed at Olympia in honor of which Greek god?
Answer: Zeus
Bonus fact: The ancient Olympic festival at Olympia was held in honor of Zeus.
Athens hosted the first modern Olympic Games in what year?
Answer: 1896
Bonus fact: The first modern Olympics opened in Athens in 1896.
At the Olympic Games, when is an athlete's national anthem typically played?
Answer: During the medal ceremony for a gold medal
Bonus fact: The winner's flag is raised while the anthem is played.
The Miracle on Ice occurred at which Olympic Games?
Answer: 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics
Bonus fact: The United States upset the Soviet Union.
Which Olympic Games were held in the same city and year?
Answer: 1904 Summer Olympics
Bonus fact: The St. Louis Olympics overlapped with the exposition.
In which city were the first modern Olympic Games held?
Answer: Athens
Bonus fact: The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in April 1896, with 241 athletes representing 14 National Olympic Committees.
At which Olympic Games was the Olympic flag first raised over an Olympic stadium?
Answer: Antwerp 1920
Bonus fact: The Olympic flag was first raised at the Antwerp Games in Belgium in 1920.
At which Olympic Games was the first Olympic Torch Relay held?
Answer: Berlin 1936
Bonus fact: The relay carried the flame from Olympia to Berlin.
At which Olympic Games did butterfly swimming events make their Olympic debut?
Answer: Melbourne 1956
Bonus fact: World Aquatics notes that butterfly entered the Olympic program in 1956.